70 James Dowdall
from Our Irish Martyrs Hosted by Manus
HE was a Drogheda merchant, & when returning from France to Ireland he was driven by contrary winds into a harbour in the south of England. The Mayor questioned him about the spiritual supremacy of Elizabeth. Dowdall answered, as a Catholic should, that he recognized no other as Head of the Church than the Roman Pontiff. Because he had spoken thus, his merchandise was confiscated, and he was taken to Exeter, his hands bound behind his back as if he were a robber. There after being put to the rack, he was hanged and his body was cut into four parts ; and in this way, in return for temporal goods, this very wise merchant got in exchange eternal life. He suffered September 20th, 1600.
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